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Welcome to our blog where we share valuable know-how from events, insights from role models and much more!
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Welcome to our blog where we share valuable know-how from events, insights from role models and much more!
The Role Models
Role Model: Caroline Matteucci
Since Caroline was 8 years old, she wanted to change the world. After her work path took her into policing, the health sector, counseling and coaching, she today helps people to learn about non-verbal communication… Read More
Role Model: Stephanie Sievers
Stephanie shares her story to encourage young talent to lead with their passions, to dare to make bold moves, to take risks and try out things. And what an interesting story it is!… Read More
Role Model: Christiane Demgenski
Christiane is CPO at Awina AG, a financing solution for daycare spots offering families more freedom, more planning ability and thus to more compatibility of work and family. Read how Christiane found her way from banking to paving a path to diversity… Read More
Role Model: Katja Dörlemann
Katja bridges the knowledge gap in cybersecurity between tech speak and the users on a daily basis. She talks about the challenges she faces as an awareness specialist in cybersecurity and how she found her way into this upcoming field that requires an unusual mix of skills… Read More
Role Model: Nadine Friedel
Nadine Friedel dreamed of traveling into space as a child. Today, she calls herself a “cosmonaut” and is fascinated by how AI can be used for sustainibility … Read More
Role Model: Ritah Nyakato
Ritah Nyakato has gone quite a long way – and we’re not talking about her move from Uganda to Switzerland. She shared her story with us and why she thinks that one does not have to be a software developer to be in tech… Read More
Role Model: Veronique Larcher
Shortly after her engineering studies in France, Veronique was appointed to California, where the planned 3 months turned into 12 years. She worked part-time as an engineer, founded a non-profit for events, and then the opportunity of building an innovation outpost arose; the beginning of a lasting business relationship with Sennheiser… Read More
Role Model: Julinda Gllavata
Julinda talks about starting her technical path leading up to her actual position as Head Data Science in a “not that male-dominated” country, her experiences abroad and how to overcome the occasional “culture shock” along the way… Read More
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Knowledge
Know-ledge
Take Aways Shaping Tech in a Non-Tech Role
Read the Take Aways of our first Nigeria event where the panel discussed the vibrant African startup scene, the digital divide in many emerging markets and the urgency to ensure that women and girls are not “left behind”… Read More
Inclusive Language Guide
Inclusive language made easy with this new beginner’s guide by Femme Palette with contributions by WE SHAPE TECH … Read More
Take Aways How to Bring Women Back to Work
To get more women at the top, you have to bring them (back) to work in the first place. Athena Blatsioti talked to us about how to successfully bring women back to (paid) work after a leave of absence… Read More
IWD2022 – Know the Bias to #BreakTheBias
We’re celebrating International Women’s Day 2022 with the motto #BreakTheBias, but to be able to break the bias, you first need to know about the bias… Read More
Getting Ready for International Women’s Day 2022
We have prepared some resources for you to get ready for this year’s International Women’s Day on 8 March 2022 and they can be used throughout the whole year to #BreakTheBias… Read More
A Kinder Approach to Personal Goals
Now we’re exploring pitfalls we often encounter when forming new habits, proven ways to overcome them and what to do when we get off track… Read More
Diversifying Valentine’s Day
There’s no other celebration dedicated as much to love as Valentine’s Day. What better opportunity to spread the love or rather diversity and inclusion? We put some thought in how to diversify this otherwise chocolate and flower driven iconic day of love… Read More
February: The Death of Resolutions
February: the month when according to research, 80% of new year’s resolutions are abandoned. While most of us have experienced the disappointment of deserted resolutions, we continue participating in the ritual… Read More
Opinions
Voicing Ambassador:
Loïc Schülé
Voicing Ambassador Loïc Schülé talking about We Shape Tech… Read More
Voicing Ambassador:
Christoph Birkholz
Christoph Birkholz on the importance of what We Shape Tech is trying to achieve… Read More
News
Let’s Celebrate International Women’s Day 2021
On the eve of the International Women’s Day, we would like to share some thoughts and point you to some awesome women who have been and still are paving the way to diversity.… Read More
Call for Participation: Promote your Product!
By the WE SHAPE TECH Community for the WE SHAPE TECH Community: Promote your Product! Don’t miss your chance… Read More
Interview with Melanie Gabriel by Swisspreneur
Our board member Melanie Gabriel, co-founder of the AI and FinTech startup Expense Robot, had the great pleasure of being interviewed by Swisspreneur… Read More
Revision of the Gender Equality Act – Introduction of Equal Compensation
Revision of the Gender Equality Act – in force from 1.7.2020 – introduction of equal compensation in the company… Read More
From Our Events
Inspiring Talks Series with Friederike von Waldenfels – Jubilee Event
WST Basel is proud to announce its one-year anniversary, a moment we celebrated with Friederike von Waldenfels, co-founder and CEO of SwissCommerce… Read More
WST Basel
Talk with Tech Entrepreneur Jonas Felix
‘An inspiring talk with tech entrepreneur Jonas Felix’, a young entrepreneur from Basel and I’m curious what expects me… Read More
WST BERN
«Leistung & Sport»
«Leistung & Sport» – das Motto des dritten Events von We Shape Tech, an dem ich teilnehme. Ich bin gespannt, was mich erwartet… Read More
WST Bern «Mixology» – Recap
Einen gemütliche Abend mit leckeren Cocktails im Herzen der Berner Altstadt war ein guter Grund für unser Netzwerk, sich wieder einmal zu treffen… Read More
«Pitch yourself» – Recap des WST Bern Events
Wie kann man sich gut verkaufen? Was ist dieses Pitching? Und wozu kann man das brauchen? Tipps und Tricks, wie man das machen kann… Read More
Rebel Stories
Everyone has a story to tell. Everybody can draw. Under these assumptions we shaped our last community event in Bern… Read More
Fireside Chat with Harvard Professor and Credit Suisse Board Member on “Gender Equality by Design”
Two weeks ago, the NEO network and we shape tech hosted their first event together! They filled over 430 seats in the largest auditorium at ETH Zurich… Read More
Review «Learn to code with Master21 & WE SHAPE TECH Zurich during EU Code Week», 18.10.17
I think back to my first coding seminar years ago and wonder if my basic knowledge will hold up or if it has been outrun by the pace of technology… Read More
Inspiration
Inspire
Tips, Tricks & Hacks
How the Russia-Ukraine Conflict Will Change Cyberwar
Azeem Azhar speaks to Robert Hannigan, the former head of GCHQ (UK’s equivalent to the USA’s NSA), to find out how the current conflict is playing out in cyberspace and what might happen next… Read More
How Quantum Computing Will Change Everything
Chad Rigetti, founder and CEO of Rigetti Computing, speaks to host Azeem Azhar about just how revolutionary quantum computing will be… Read More
We Belong Here
Caitlyn talks about tools and information she wishes she had when she was career changing into tech… Read More
Tech Predictions for 2022
The BBC tech team on what we’ll all be talking about over the next 12 months. … Read More
The Boss Files: YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki
“The internet could use a lot more women.” says YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki, mother of 5, kicking ass as a leader every day. Host Poppy Harlow got to chat with Susan during this episode.… Read More
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Books we Recommend
Gamestorming
Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?
A Wild and Precious Life
Diversity in Gaming
No Rules Rules Book
